Make a difference: Participate in cancer prevention study

What if we could personally participate in research that might help determine factors that cause or prevent cancer? What if we could make it so just one family never has to hear the words "you have cancer"?

Residents of our community have an unprecedented opportunity to participate in cancer research this year. Enrollment for the American Cancer Society's third Cancer Prevention Study will take place in Wilkes-Barre at the Penguins hockey team's Coal Street Ice Rink, 38 Coal St., Wilkes-Barre. Enrollment appointments are taking place on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Tuesday, Jan. 29, from 3 to 8 p.m.

You can register now to enroll in this study by logging onto www.penguinsfightcancer.org. You can see all the locations and times of enrollment by visiting www.nepacps3.org.

If you have any questions regarding registering for the study, you can contact our hub office in Taylor at 570-562-9749 and ask to speak to a health initiatives representative.

Individuals between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer and are willing to make a long-term commitment to the study are encouraged to sign up. Those who choose to enroll will simply fill out a comprehensive survey packet about health history, provide a small blood sample (to be collected by trained phlebotomists) and provide a waist measurement.

Participants will periodically be sent a follow-up questionnaire for the next 20 to 30 years.

If you aren't eligible to participate, you can still make a difference by telling everyone you know about Cancer Prevention Study-3.

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